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About the Role
Croydon Council is committed to providing safe transportation for its SEN clientele. We are recruiting a minibus driver to join our in-house passenger transport service, seeking candidates with previous experience committed to delivering a high-quality service for this vulnerable client group.
Responsibilities
- Driving young people and adults comfortably and safely in a passenger transport vehicle according to prepared schedules or as directed.
- Assisting passengers in a similar role that requires care and consideration for service users at all times.
- Keeping appropriate records as required by this type of service.
- Acting effectively to diffuse any difficult situations on the vehicles and writing brief notes/reports on incidents.
- Liaising over day-to-day concerns between home and school with tact and diplomacy.
- Working flexibly within the services core hours and outside of normal office hours within a rota.
- Wearing a uniform whilst undertaking duties.
Requirements
- An appropriate “D1” driving licence (with PCV), for the Vehicle being driven.
- Knowledge of Road Traffic Acts and Highway Code.
- Completed MIDAS and First Aid Training.
- Enhanced DBS Disclosure required.
Skills
- Driving
- Assisting passengers
- Record keeping
- Incident reporting
- Liaising with tact and diplomacy
- Flexible working
- Working outside normal office hours
Location
- Croydon
Work Type
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Term time only
Experience Level
- Previous experience working in a similar role
Education Level
- MIDAS Training
- First Aid Training
Salary/Compensations
- Grade 3 £29,436 - £30,288 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
- Salary £28,521 - £29,346 pro rata dependent on license
- (£18,153 - £18,678) - Term time only deduction
Benefits
- Fantastic benefits
About the Company
- Croydon is one of the largest London boroughs and the council is committed to providing safe transportation for its SEN clientele to/from school.
- Croydon is a distinctive and diverse place and is London’s most populated borough.
- This is an exciting time to join our team delivering vital services to over 360,000 residents and approximately 14,000 businesses.
- Growth in the borough and demographic pressures, place an increasing demand on council services, at a time when funding is being reduced.
- Croydon Council, like many other local authorities, faces a budgetary gap which is addressed in part through transformation programmes.
- Travel is one of the 10 priority areas.
- Travel and transport within Croydon has evolved significantly as a service over the past three years.
- There is a clear strategy in place for managing increasing demand and a focus on creating an alternative travel model which gives clients more choice and an opportunity to become more independent.
- The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services.
- Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning.
- Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential.
- Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home.
- People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer.
- Croydon Council’s new ways of working.
Equal Opportunity
- Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
- Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
- As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
- Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
- The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.